The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-25 00:00:00

IMENC II PA PERS. DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OF•TH.E ODEON. PARIS, AlAttcn 21,---Yesterd a y, at th'ree o'clock in th e afternoon, some time after the rehearsalof a p iec e in one act, a fire broke out in the interim' o f the theatre of the Odeon. The flame reached the decorations and the wood work, and the fire extended with a frightful rapidity. Before four 9'004 , mani, flam e of the s t a i rcases were a l rea d y i n t ". At the first news of this event, assist anee!4s sent from all quarters. The Chancellor ci ci Fran ce and t h e G ran d R eferendary of the, ' lat ilber of Peers went to the spot on the first teni gence ) of wh at h a d h appene d , an d rema i ne d e re With all the persons attached to the service of the VI - 14 "''atuber as lon g as the burning continued. His opal Highness the Duke of Berry hastened like and w ise to the spot, and did not cease, by his presence by his words, to excite the zeal of the .work rintoein.• His Excellency the Minister of General a ice and th e P refect of Police exerted their most et've : an d ef fi cacious labours-in the distribution r e f ) g " t ance and the protection of, property. The gg irrl e al en, the guard of the chamber, the Royal let a nd th e troops of the garrison of Paris, a ; wit h each ot h er i n zea l an d courage. Th e l'anal - gitard of the 12th Legion assembled there in great n umbers, and, encouraged by the example ( i ) , f their chiefs, rendered the greatest set vices. A ne I‘.as immediately formed from the Odeon to the fountain of the School of Medicine, and n cltet s frill of water missed front haNd to iN ;I• of In spite, however, of the ample means as4 tance, it was n o t possibl e t o save th e € llte llor of the building. At a quarter before ' O clock, t h e roo f of t hi s vast e difi ce f e ll i n 11 ":" a gr eat crash. Happily, the weather being " ' al and rai n y, t h e spar k s did not extend to the f il l eig ""l int , houses. The roof fell entir e ly i n to 'e inte r ior, and as soon as that happened, the "litr e of th e conflagration was circumscribed, aail all alarm ceased. lie ten o ' clock the fire had been entir e l y got tind e r, and no burning was ob. e rved b„, sonic icinains of the wood work. The 1:1(44641s attached to the Th e atre, a nd who li ve d In it, lost intked all their effects, but their per- Simple citizens were ob- ho,, s W ere saved, 3e "'" goin g to t h e top to rescue t h e women a" children. Amonw other instances of such ‘1 1(!roie z eal, one individual was remarked, who • a d the boldness to venture on a parapet in tired l ike a r oc f, to snatc h a c hild f rom destruc i.4ll)(lescending afterwards safe and sound with '4,.13re1°111 burden. The ;oldi,rs of the guard e " i cularly distingninhed by their zeal and At i ei in; r a q te nturous boldness. All the bystandersl red a non-commissioned officer, who saved O W o/ncn, at the peril of his ownditc. Every -ne asked his name ; they learned that he was eal kd Berquin, corpora) of grenadiers in th e se -4111 b attalion tot the second regiment of infantry s tIF tb e guard. We have heard that one of the x -reille ° and two soldiers were severely hurt, but :hope that more accurate information may pot 1 4 " (1 to these reports. It will be recollected, I :" this theatr e exile ieneed the same disaster on e 23 d of March, 18 years ago. ~~ `. . ~,. I,,„' e , Chamber of D e p ut i es met On th e 19 t h . 10,e- tnseussion on the Customs was resumed : the itnp,“ ience was inantle ! ,ted for the closing t wt lehat e a l most as 50011 as it begat' ; a n d after \v. o,. o r . th ree speeches, the fur, her consideration 011 c:"lintirtted till S a t ur d a y, t h ere b e i ng no sitting ' 0 (1-F r id ay ' l 4 e " of the first houses of the liavannah writes, b i Nii r () d i e of the 4th of. January, to its corres- N t nts at Marseilles that the capture of Mina I.ll j' e4ti rely tranquillized Mexico, and re-esta- N:' t ' e t i l t the commercial intercourse between that A 'mil , and Cuba. . 41 1 ,44 °4 '0c of an eart h qua k e was fe l t i n the Com m pl_, l F N. , roy, the night between the 12111 t qlt► ins tant• i!ter frot» Lisbon of the 12th nit. states, that of Portugal and Brazil has acced e d to Th e Y Alliance. ‘111 0,0 ( 1 4 ,?rd detained at Saint Palagie for a debt ufrancs, is Lord Spencer C,hichester. C' 411 't Lc). • id the Correze have ay e the simile, at 4 qia t !flowed their banks, and inundated the Nt'laat4s. v.• div a 4dY, FIVE PER CENTS. GI 1. 60c. ... 6sf. 90 c. O ne \ PxcIiANGF. ON LONDON ionth ur ee Months .23 f. 95 c. .23f. 75c. 1.071)11s, Lett er from toe ( otit“,l- Getleral of the Netherlands e Consul in Hull, dated London, 19th Dlarch, 1818. 14f °l. dit ect e d b y h i s E xcellency the Minister ljtign Affairs to acquaint you, ;hat an Eng 2otts c oftst.li g h t w i ll b urn every night after tie Zee': instan t , „ it t h ie •s tecp l e o f West Chdppel, in of "I nd, and to request you will inform the tlatie Y ou r port." iii -4Y accounts brought from Port-au-Prince, of m l9ll, (ill. all w as qu i et at Sr. Doming". Stew l , n, l. .. ,N VAT.? Eh, tiLe PRIN CE REGENT'S house all! . k% h o went down to Brighton to tnalit s . I t ' neeessar u y,preparatios for th e arrival of hi ( 'Yal litottiess at the PaNiLioti, is" returned to 41 vvn, in eonseottence of his !loyal Master H aving 4i,ven.up the idea of Lis intended visit at present. • ,• SHIP NEWS. • PORTSMOUTH, MA ticti 24.—Arrived his MA jesty's .ship Leverel hum Sr. Helena ; sailed the 7th January ; left there the Conqueror, Racoon, and Musquito, and the Hon. Company'i cruiter St. Helena. The MerCury, reported last bight, spoke, in lat. 38. I , ,ng. 10. 30 W. the American ship Margaret, from Liverpool, hound to Ame rica, out 35 days, all %cell. Sailed his Majesiy's ship Cadmus for Sheerness. FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Lady Louisa packet With mails from Mhlta and Gibral tar, 15 days from ihe litter. Also arrived the Alert, FRANCIS, from CharlestOn for Liverpool. Put back the Calypso, HuTcliirsos, for St. Do mingo. COWES, MARCH 24.—:Arrived the L:ttona, Low, from Charleston for . London, laden with staves, 30 days' passage. Ilaawtcft, NJAacu 24.—One bale of cotton and ten bales of China riot, marked " MM. &Co " have been landed here, having been picked up be t meen the Sunk and Long Sands ; it is supposed to he part of the cargo of the Marquis Wellesley, lately stranded on the Molise Sand. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Maria, SMITH, tram Rio Janeiro—sailed the 4111 Ja nuary. Tile Caroline, WAY, was to sail - in seven days. On time 24ih Jan. off Pernambuco, spoke the brig Ler.ds, of and from London to Bahia ; on the 25th, in tat 31. long. 45. spoke the Princess . Charlotte, from Calcutta for Liverpool. The True Briton, from Calcutta for Liverpool, was then in company. MARGATE, MARcif 24.—TI►e brig referred to yesterday, as supplied with au anchor and cable, is the Ebrington, LORBETT, from War ertord for London, with provisions ; she has sailed this morning, for the River. The Cerberus, OWEN, has also sailed from Pan Sand Hole for the Ricer. DOVER, MARCH 24.—The Good Verwagting, fr,m Anisterdinn co Lisbon, has put in here leaky, having been on shore, and with loss of sails and cables. RAM'GATE, 24.—The Astrea trans port, has received damage in this har bour. The Hannah, EDWARDS, from St. Jollies, has arrived at the Pier full of water. The Martha, nOoKING, of Whitehaven, front Dublibt, was driven on short on the Isle of Man, in the gale of the 4 , h, and all on board (8 in number) perished. The Sun on, Burton, and the Utility, Thompson, both of ► l l7ltitehaven, arrived in Derby Haven the sane nghr, and being in tonne(' of the disaster, the Captains and their crews used every endeavour to recover such parts of the wreck as the sea had eft, and to rescue from the grasp of a daring set of plunderers such articles as they had got possession of before the circumstance was known at 'Derby Haven. The person who gave the informaron was stabbed in three or four places by these freebooters, who also "swore vengeance agains• the Captains, for their interference. The Royal Sovereign yacht i n d oc k a t Dept ford, undergoing some small rerairs The Erebus sloop of war has beed surveyed at Deptfoid, and 101111(1 unfit for further ,er vice. The Narcissus frigate is converted into a hulk, 'or the temporary accommodation of the officets and men fitting out the shins at Deptford for cliscovelies towards the North Pole. PRICE? OF BULLION - I Ye4teuday P'ort►►gal Gold in coin, and Foreign Gold in barsovere at 4/. Is.; n ew Dollars at ss. sd. ; and Silver in bars, standard, 5s 4d. FIRE IN SALISBURY COURT.—This morning a most alarming fire broke nut. between two and three o'clock, at the Barley Mow, in Salisbury court, Fleet-street. It is said to lave originated in the upper part of the premises, and raged with considerable fury, and bef 're its revages could be impeded, the whole of that old-established public house was entirely destroyed, commencing from the first floor ; nearly lle whole of he under part was saved by the activity of the firenen, who, on the alarm being given by the watchneu, were al most immediately on the spot, aid fortunately prevented it extending further. Neither of the two adjoining houses, viz that belmging to the Family Prayer Book and Homily Society, nor the eating-house iu Bride-pa , sage, Mere in the least injured. We are sorry to add, that ris reported that one person is missing ; but we sincerely hope it will eventually prove unfounded. One of their Own family, a lit+ child, at first vas missing, but most fortunately it escaped tailing a victim to the rage of the devouring element. At a Special Meeting of the Commissioners of the Pavement of Canterbury, held on Wed nesday last, for the purpose of considering t h e p r opriety of li&iting the streets with Gas, it was unanimously resolved, that such an object was desirable, and that a General Meet ing of the inhabitants should be convened on that day month (April 15), in order to con sider of the best mode of carrying the pro posed plan into effect, in conjonetion with the Commissioners. At the same time it was ob served, that a still farther advantage might he obtained for the citizens in point of safety, salu brity, and cleanliness, by a supply of water from the river to their respective dwellings; anti as the authority of Parliament must of necessity be obtained for those purposes ; and as the present powers of the Commissioners of the Pavement in either event also require to be extend ed, it was conceived that it would be judicious to turie these common objects of public benefit, with that of an amendment of the Act, under which the Commissioners of the Pavement are constituted. Yesterday morning, between tl►ree and four o'clock, the premises of Mr. Barker, Lisson-green, Paddington, were broke into, and robbed Of 51. in money, a great coat, a silver tankard, and other articlea. A HISTORIC .OP THE, FOURTH ESTATE. FOR THE SUN. MR. EptTon,-.—Reading the proceedings of certain persons assembled In the cause of lireti : gion, Immorality, and Sedition, in your Paper of the sth ult., some account of them, and their ancestors, may not be unwelcome to the Readers of THE SUN, It is allowed by all saber-mintteA Men that the people are the cause of government. Without the one, the other would be nothing. The supreme power originates vtith them, which they transfer to those who govern. King, Lords, and Commons, are their trustees, and the Constitution is their deed orsettlement. It does not reduce them to a cupid mortuum, but they still exist as a people, for whose benefit their trustees act. Among them many have distinguished a part by the name of MoD, as if they-were a rabble of outcasts. 'this is a mistake ! The word is de t iced from the Latin 111otieE, to which, if we pre fix the adjunct Paistust, it means the first morers ; and us such the sovereign power principally issues from them, though it must be confessed it has often ended in tueristutat MOBILE, the last movers; to the great triumph of the Axa and the GIBBET. Yet as a significant part of the people, they ever reserved a portion of their supremacy to them selves, to be employed in their wise discretion, as they please ; and herein they form the fourth estate of the kingdom. They have no voice in the Senate, but a loud one in Pulace-yard, Cold Bath-fields, and other sacred places of meeting, having for their motto vox populi vox DIABOLI, which they call the foundation of their supre macy, and that though they delegated it in time other three estates, they have, according to Mr. LOCKE, a right to revoke it, and begin a new Go vernment again and again. Under the rigor of the fedal system they were low and of mean condition. They were villains, but claimed a right to watch over the other estates, which they sometimes exerted by force of arms, In RICHAFID the First's time, they destroyed, as devout Christians, a great many Jews, who . did them no harm, and FITZHERBERT, their Prime Minister, after serving them by mender and rapine, very unfortunately lost his life at the gallows, where many of the fourth estate had suffered before. In the reign of HENRY the Third, one FITZARNCLPH rose up, under whose Ad ministration several houses were pulled down in Westminster, for which he was hanged by mar tial law, contrary, as be said, to Magna Chart a. The mob then insulted the Queen, in the pre sence of time King ; and in Enwaan the Second's time they were So angry against the two SPEN CERS, that they chopped off the bead of a good Bishop ; then joining the traitorous Lords against the King, dethroned. imprisoned, and murdered him ; but this privilege was not altogether con fined to Vie mob; for out of a secret loveiof the Qiieen, the favourite Minister of the third estate, who encouraged them to that memorable deed of blood, had himself the honour of being hanged in the subsequent reign. In RICHARD !lie Se cond's time the mob again took the law into their own hands to vindicate their liberty. Headed by SAT TYLER, JACK STRAW, and other noble leaders, they fled to arms, and, in the true spirit of equality, beheaded all - the Barons, Clergy, and Gee try, that came in their way. They stim- . mooed the King before them on Blackheath, to settle their Government, which he over prudently declining, they rushed into London, burnt and plundered great men's houses, and murdered their tetiants ; but one of them being killed by time LORD MAYOR, their estate dwindled away, and many of them lost their lives at Tyburn. In the reign of HENRY the Sixth, thinking their rights invaded, they flocked to the standard of one CArma, who was soon - after killed in the field of honour ; many of his followers were gibbetted, arid the rest dispersed. In the reign of EDWARD the Fourth, and Hesutv the Seventh, they exerted themselves, but, e imi a less eminent way, it, support of their ancient im munities, under those great and good men, Situ .ESEL and \VARBECK, the latter of whom was slain in their cause ; front is hence it is obvious a FouRTH ESTATE has actually existed among us, time almost immemorial, down to the present happy reign, in which they have, on several occasions, raised their snakey heads, gorgon-like, and made their consequence known to the 'other three. Their legislative and judicial power is assumed, as well as their executive. Some persons there are who disown their legal authority ; but there are others who contend, that to put the great seal into their hands by commission, wouht be for time public good ; particularly so, as according to certain gleat men of the third estate, they are the true WHIGS, or prigs, meaning thieves of the Consti tution. 'they have not yet claimed, like the mob of old Rome, a negative voice against our laws, though they- have controlled their execution, as witness the Gin Act, the Saw the Colliers', the Acts foi Tolerating the Roman Catholics, the late Corn Act, &c, Their importance has in creased by the private quarrels in the third estate, of the Opposition against -. his Majesty's Ministers, whom they maul as downright rogues. The quar rels of these opposers are calculated to strengthen time hands of this venerable mob, in order to carry some private point against their enemies ; and this is what they call the trite unsophisticated spirit of British liberty. Several peat me), of the second and third estate, have, in time present reign, called their allies (the mob) together, and told them that they were the most oppressed people in the world, not withstanding King, Lords, and Com mons could not exist without them ; that they dared not to speak, but in the presence of -a sol dier or a Justice of time Peace. So much have they felt their freedom encroached upon by wicked laws, that they have associated to support our Constitution on revolution principles 'Their mild intentions have been manifested by their proceed ings to overthrow both Church and State, in con sequence of the inflameiatory . conduet of their great man of time people., iv o, when brought into power on their sineilders, very gratefully rewarded them, by nearly doubling. the most odious tax that ever was imposed on man; and thereby put ting a gag in the mouths of his dear friends the mob. In short, considering that this FOURTH ESTATE is the root of all good gove►nment, who is to dis 7 pute their right to do what they please, ev e n though every thing that is dear to civilized tt►ats is destroyed by it ? But when lite trult is known, that the exercise of this glob power may be justi fied by themsdves, those who are better taught, and despise the polities of a departed senator, way in their calmness dignify it by the names of REBLELION AND TREASON. • This,Sir, is a short hi,..toryot the i:out.rx ESTAM, ‘‘ , llich thought last in name, is first*, fact, and of which I have the pride to he a ukembei , and am, Your htondde servant, A CNALit FARMER, near Copenhagen -House. THE ARMY. Hor,c Gitards,March 7, 1119, At a Genera' Court-:Nlartial held at IVhitehall, on the 12th Jarm,iry, ISIS, and continued by )otantnents to the 15th of the same month, Bre vet-Major WlLLtam BAILIE, of the 25th Regi ment of Foot, Was atraigued upon the undermen tioned charge, viz. : " For having, on or about. the 2 , 2 d of March, 1817, pro umted, encouraiied and put himself at the head of a combina tion of Officers of the 'sth regiment, against Major James Peat; the Commanding Officer, by acting together in oppo sition to his orders, with the view of controlling the Com manding Officer in the due exercise of his proper authority, and thereby effecting a division in the regiment, notwith standing he was frequently called ppon by Major Peat, the Commanding Officer, fur his 141;00, as Second in Command, in discountenancing and putting astop to the said combina tion, and for persisting in the same insubordinate and dan, genius conduct, from thc above-mentioned time, to the 17th of May following, in defiance of the express disapprobation of Colonel Effwa'rd : Codd, the Officer ConnuF.auling the garri son at St. Anne's, t.trbadoes, all such conduct being highly injurious to the discipline of the regiment, and prejudicial to good order; and iii direct violation of the general orders and regulations of the Array." Upon which charge the Court came to the fol lowing decision : " The Court having maturely weighed and con sidered the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution, as well as what has been offered irk defence, is of opinion, that Brevet MHjor Bailie is Not Guilty of the charge preferred against him, and does therefore fully acquit hint." The Prince Regent has been, pleased, in the nartre and on the behalf of his Al ,jesty to approve and confirm the finding of the sentence .ot the Court. Although the charge against Brevet Major XVil liam Bailie is not supported by evidence, yet it appeared to his Royal Highness trout the pro ceedings that there was a disunion among the Officers, which some iodivifillals were culpably active in promoting, which tended to subvert the good order anddisiipline, and to cast discredit upon the character of so old and respectable A corps as the 25th Regiment, and which perhaps in this instance could nor hav,f occurred had Ma jor Peat exercised his Command with that firmness; or sound discretion which his responsible statiork called upon hint to exert ; for if (hele existed any good reason, founded upon milit,try arrangement and discipline, for fixing the time of messing at any particular hour, he tailed in not hating issued and firmly enforced an order to that effect, and whether such reason existed or not, he appears to have injudiciously es.posed his authority, by at weak attempt to enimce it throngh half meastir?s. Though a more judit loos exercise of Major Peat's discretion, as a Commanding Officer, uti ; :,ht have averted the circumstances which have givers rise to this Court Manual, yet the Prince Re;:ent has been pleased to consider that the question in volved in the proceedings (Hight not to go Toth to the Army without some reference to his Aljesty's Regulations, in which the advantages of a well tegulatei Mess, upon principles of suhoulination and gentlemanly deference to authority, are strongly inculcated, and in proportion as a re spectable system of Messing among the Officers forms a very material feature in the discipline of a Corps, so is it essential that the CoMmand ing Officer, Who is responsible for its mainte nance, should possess a proper audior iiy, am! hare the power of regulating among other things the hour of dining, with reference to the other calls for the attendance of, his Officers, and according .t(i what he 'considers due to the support of good order and economy among them. It is presumed that every Officer holding a si tuation of such responsibility and importance as attach to the command of a Ifegiment tvill exer cise this authority with a discretion that need not unnecessarily interfere with the convenience of individuals, and his Royal Highness has been pleased to command, that the attention of the Army shall he fully drawn to the observance of this principle, so essential to discipline and good order. he Commander in Chief directs that the fore going charge prefer ed against Brevet Major William Bailie, of the 25th Regiment of F , !0%,, together with the finding and sentence of the Contt„ and the Prince Regent', commands on this occasion, shall he entered in the General Order Book, and read at tie head of every regiment in. his. Majesty's service. By command of his Royal Highness the Com-. mantle'. in Chief, HARRY CALIT.RT, Adjutant-General. WESTMINSTER MEETING.--The PAmphlet-or Lord SomEas,upon Parliamentary Reform, wicked at the Westminster Meeting last Monday, is pub lished iii,T4e ParnOteteer, No: 20. The Politi cal Tracts of Mr. JEREMY liaumAm are also con tained in that *otk• BAR ‘VI.T.----111 a bite trial at Oxford, where it was observed that a young Oxonian had more Wine than could be itulized requisite for him, a celebrated BArtister remarked, that it only proved, he had the Putt of a Gentleman. Many persons, whose manners may 'not be exactly formed in . the school, of Chesterfield, may nevertheless lay claim to this, Port, in consequence of the smiles or .FOl - in the present Lottery, which entitle them to demand their Po r t of 131 sit ; nay, they- may even be re-PoriT-ed if they make a lucky purchase before Thursday - next; as the report is cur!eut that the Tickets and Shares ate going cf.:, 11'